H1B Report
Salary comparison

Physical Therapists vs Software Developers

Side-by-side H-1B prevailing-wage comparison using the same DOL LCA data that drives every page on H1B Report. Quartiles, hiring geography, top sponsors and yearly wage drift.

Occupation A
Physical Therapists
SOC 29-1123Rank #27
Occupation B
Software Developers
SOC 15-1252Rank #1

Key metrics

Wage figures are offered annual wage; volume is total LCA count.

MetricPhysical TherapistsSoftware Developers
Median wage$71,282$102,690
P25 wage$63,419$84,300
P75 wage$83,200$131,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$19,781$46,700
Total filings47,7862,843,747
Wage samples44,9302,838,792
Rank#27#1

Median wage by year

Year-over-year drift of the typical offered wage.

Physical Therapists
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$60k
FY2011$62k
FY2012$64k
FY2013$65k
FY2014$66k
FY2015$67k
FY2016$69k
FY2017$70k
FY2018$76k
FY2019$80k
FY2020$81k
FY2021$84k
FY2022$80k
FY2023$85k
FY2024$84k
FY2025$81k
FY2026$84k
Software Developers
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$80k
FY2011$80k
FY2012$81k
FY2013$82k
FY2014$82k
FY2015$82k
FY2016$84k
FY2017$90k
FY2018$93k
FY2019$96k
FY2020$103k
FY2021$112k
FY2022$115k
FY2023$120k
FY2024$124k
FY2025$133k
FY2026$140k

Top 5 hiring states — Physical Therapists

  • 1NY7,971$68,640
  • 2MI4,748$70,485
  • 3TX4,042$72,800
  • 4IL3,922$68,000
  • 5CA2,739$90,480

Top 5 hiring states — Software Developers

  • 1CA589,072$130,894
  • 2TX340,929$99,861
  • 3WA183,730$136,800
  • 4NJ155,389$100,000
  • 5NY131,510$112,700
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